**Meet the editors**

Aldemaro Romero is the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He received his bachelor's degree in Biology from the University of Barcelona, Spain, and his Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Miami, Florida. He has published more than 660 pieces of work including 15 books, peer-reviewed articles and articles in non-peer-reviewed

publications. His field experience on marine mammals includes several countries in the Caribbean area. His academic interests range from environmental and evolutionary biology to history and philosophy of science and science communication. He was been awarded numerous grants and prizes for his research and science communication works.

Edward O. Keith received his bachelor's degree in Wildlife Biology and his master's degree in Physiology and Biophysics from Colorado State University in 1975 and 1978, respectively, and his doctoral degree in Biology in 1984 from the University of California at Santa Cruz. He held faculty positions at the University of Miami and Southeastern University of the Health Sciences

(later Nova Southeastern University). He was an associate professor at the Oceanographic Center of that institution by the time of his death. He taught numerous courses not only on marine mammalogy but also on biochemistry, physiology, and related subjects. His research centered on pinnipeds and he was an active member of the Society for Marine Mammalogy. He published numerous peer-reviewed papers.

Contents

**Preface IX** 

**Section 1 History of Marine Mammalogy 1** 

Chapter 1 **When Whales Became Mammals:** 

Chapter 2 **A Matrix Model of Fasting Metabolism** 

**Section 3 Environmental/Ecological Issues 47** 

Aldemaro Romero

Edward O. Keith

**Section 2 Physiology 31** 

**The Scientific Journey of Cetaceans** 

**in Northern Elephant Seal Pups 33** 

**From Fish to Mammals in the History of Science 3** 

Chapter 3 **"Test Tube Cetaceans": From the Evaluation of Susceptibility** 

**Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Food Chain of the Galapagos Sea Lion (***Zalophus wollebaeki***): Conservation and Management Implications 77** 

**Mammals: A Case Study of Whale Skin Biopsies as a Valuable and Essential Tool for Studying Marine Mammal Toxicology and Conservation 109** 

Cristina Panti, Silvia Casini and M. Cristina Fossi

Chapter 4 **Assessing Biomagnification and Trophic Transport of** 

Juan José Alava and Frank A.P.C. Gobas

Chapter 5 **Skin Biopsy Applications in Free Ranging Marine** 

Catherine F. Wise, John Pierce Wise, Jr., Sandra S. Wise and John Pierce Wise, Sr

**to the Study of Genotoxic Effects of Different Environmental Contaminants Using Cetacean Fibroblast Cell Cultures 49**  Letizia Marsili, Silvia Maltese, Daniele Coppola, Ilaria Caliani, Laura Carletti, Matteo Giannetti, Tommaso Campani, Matteo Baini,
